WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:16.560 Hey, what is this? 00:16.560 --> 00:19.560 Oh! 00:19.560 --> 00:20.560 Honey I shrunk the host! 00:20.560 --> 00:23.560 We're inside a PC right now, and you know what all this stuff is? 00:23.560 --> 00:26.000 Who invented these components and what makes it all work? 00:26.000 --> 00:29.200 If you want to find out, play along with us on the Computer Bowl. 00:29.200 --> 00:34.520 It's a battle of wits on Computer Trivia, the Virtual Bowl, on the special edition of 00:34.520 --> 00:51.000 the Computer Chronicles. 00:51.000 --> 00:55.560 To find out more about this and other PCTV programs, join our Computers on Television 00:55.560 --> 00:59.560 Forum, Go PCTV, only on CompuServe. 00:59.560 --> 01:03.480 Hi, I'm Stuart Shaffey. 01:03.480 --> 01:08.800 Welcome to the 1995 Computer Bowl presented by the Computer Museum of Boston. 01:08.800 --> 01:13.720 I'm here at the Computer Museum right now in their new Networked Planet exhibit, and 01:13.720 --> 01:16.720 this is one spectacular example of a network. 01:16.720 --> 01:21.000 Thanks to fiber optic lines which are connecting hundreds of computers scattered all over the 01:21.000 --> 01:26.640 country, we can see on this one electronic display a representation of every single airplane 01:26.640 --> 01:30.200 currently flying over the United States at this particular moment. 01:30.200 --> 01:34.760 Now for this year's Computer Bowl, we have participants scattered all over the country 01:34.760 --> 01:40.480 for the first ever Virtual Bowl, using network technology to bring you a spectacular first 01:40.480 --> 01:45.240 time ever television event, the Computer Bowl, the Net Generation. 01:45.240 --> 01:49.960 So on with the Virtual Bowl as we hand off to the next location, somewhere out there 01:49.960 --> 01:51.320 in cyberspace. 01:51.320 --> 01:55.680 Okay, Nicholas will keep the questions and I'll keep score. 01:55.680 --> 01:56.680 Let's begin. 01:56.680 --> 02:02.760 Okay, Chris, the first one really defines the concept of trivia. 02:02.760 --> 02:06.400 According to the New York Times, how many parking spaces are there in the garage at 02:06.400 --> 02:09.000 Bill Gates' new home? 02:09.000 --> 02:13.280 Catherine Clark, East Coast. 02:13.280 --> 02:14.280 Twelve. 02:14.280 --> 02:16.160 Oh, sorry, that's close. 02:16.160 --> 02:18.160 It's twenty. 02:18.160 --> 02:21.520 Okay, here's some more real trivia. 02:21.520 --> 02:26.200 If you fly between Silicon Valley and Boston, you probably know that there's only one or 02:26.200 --> 02:31.280 actually two nonstop flights each day from Boston to San Jose or vice versa. 02:31.280 --> 02:33.240 They're both American airline flights. 02:33.240 --> 02:36.240 Can you give us either of the two flight numbers? 02:36.240 --> 02:39.720 Joseph Alsop, East Coast. 02:39.720 --> 02:40.720 American 129. 02:40.720 --> 02:42.720 That's absolutely correct. 02:42.720 --> 02:50.240 We should say, before we do the next one, that we have Stuart Chiffey at the Computer 02:50.240 --> 02:54.160 Museum now with a special question. 02:54.160 --> 02:58.480 The Computer Museum has lots of famous communications devices on display here. 02:58.480 --> 03:00.520 I'm holding one of them behind my back right now. 03:00.520 --> 03:02.340 I'll show it to you in just a second. 03:02.340 --> 03:07.880 It was built in the early 1970s by a famous personal computer pioneer, but it got him 03:07.880 --> 03:09.520 into a lot of trouble. 03:09.520 --> 03:13.120 The question is, what is the device and who built it? 03:13.120 --> 03:14.120 Here it is. 03:14.120 --> 03:15.120 West Coast. 03:15.120 --> 03:18.120 It's a blue box and it was Steve Jobs. 03:18.120 --> 03:19.120 Bosnia. 03:19.120 --> 03:20.120 That's not correct. 03:20.120 --> 03:24.040 No, so we're going to ask the East Coast, Catherine Clark. 03:24.040 --> 03:26.600 It's a blue box by Wozniak. 03:26.600 --> 03:27.600 That's correct. 03:27.600 --> 03:28.960 Okay, listening carefully. 03:28.960 --> 03:32.220 And last year's blockbuster movie, Forrest Gump. 03:32.220 --> 03:35.640 The title character invests in a computer company. 03:35.640 --> 03:37.520 Carl Ledbetter, East Coast. 03:37.520 --> 03:38.520 Apple. 03:38.520 --> 03:39.520 That's correct. 03:39.520 --> 03:41.960 Jumped in early and guessed correctly. 03:41.960 --> 03:45.960 So the East Coast qualifies for this bonus round. 03:45.960 --> 03:47.680 Listen carefully now. 03:47.680 --> 03:49.040 East Coast. 03:49.040 --> 03:54.720 This bonus round deals with the latest book titles in today's computing field. 03:54.720 --> 03:58.580 Clifford Stoll is the well-known author of The Cuckoo's Egg. 03:58.580 --> 04:03.580 He has just written a new book that takes aim at the information superhighway. 04:03.580 --> 04:05.300 What is it called? 04:05.300 --> 04:08.600 You can consult. 04:08.600 --> 04:10.360 Silicon Snake Oil. 04:10.360 --> 04:13.120 That's not quite right. 04:13.120 --> 04:16.400 Judges, will we award that one or not? 04:16.400 --> 04:17.400 No. 04:17.400 --> 04:18.400 Not quite. 04:18.400 --> 04:21.120 No, you left out Valley. 04:21.120 --> 04:22.760 Silicon Valley Snake Oil. 04:22.760 --> 04:23.760 Sorry. 04:23.760 --> 04:24.760 So close. 04:24.760 --> 04:27.760 They're doing even better. 04:27.760 --> 04:30.920 Okay, part two of the bonus round. 04:30.920 --> 04:36.280 There's a new book about cognitive science called Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies. 04:36.280 --> 04:39.760 Who wrote that book? 04:39.760 --> 04:44.800 Okay, do we have an answer from the captain? 04:44.800 --> 04:45.800 Nick Negroponte. 04:45.800 --> 04:46.800 Oh, no. 04:46.800 --> 04:47.800 Sorry. 04:47.800 --> 04:48.800 It's Douglas Hofstadter. 04:48.800 --> 04:52.760 Okay, the third and final part of the bonus round. 04:52.760 --> 04:58.080 According to Publishers Weekly, what general computing title is the current top seller 04:58.080 --> 04:59.080 today? 04:59.080 --> 05:07.920 Is it How Computers Work, The Internet Navigator, or Internet Yellow Pages? 05:07.920 --> 05:14.600 How Computers Work, The Internet Navigator, or Internet Yellow Pages? 05:14.600 --> 05:15.880 What is your answer? 05:15.880 --> 05:16.880 Internet Navigator. 05:16.880 --> 05:17.880 I'm sorry. 05:17.880 --> 05:20.840 No, it's The Internet Yellow Pages. 05:20.840 --> 05:24.360 What do the initials WWWW stand for? 05:24.360 --> 05:26.360 Andy Hertzfeld, West Coast. 05:26.360 --> 05:28.360 World Wide Web. 05:28.360 --> 05:29.360 No, I'm sorry. 05:29.360 --> 05:30.360 That's incorrect. 05:30.360 --> 05:34.320 I believe you interrupted, so we're going to give the other side a chance to answer. 05:34.320 --> 05:35.320 Let me repeat the question. 05:35.320 --> 05:37.440 Yeah, let me repeat the question for them. 05:37.440 --> 05:42.120 Because Andy blew it by not listening to the whole question. 05:42.120 --> 05:48.360 What do the initials WWWW stand for on the internet? 05:48.360 --> 05:51.360 Paul Gillen, East Coast. 05:51.360 --> 05:53.080 World Wide Web Worm. 05:53.080 --> 05:54.080 That is correct. 05:54.080 --> 06:08.320 Okay, that's the end of the first round, and the score is 60 to 10 in favor of the East 06:08.320 --> 06:09.320 Coast. 06:09.320 --> 06:14.280 Okay, now once again, here's Stuart Sheafay at the Computer Museum. 06:14.280 --> 06:20.180 This huge computer with all the flashing lights over here is the famous Whirlwind computer. 06:20.180 --> 06:22.040 It was built in 1951. 06:22.040 --> 06:26.920 The Whirlwind is famous for lots of computing firsts, but one unique part of its history 06:26.920 --> 06:32.540 is the Whirlwind was the first computer ever to be interviewed live on television. 06:32.540 --> 06:37.840 The question is, what is the name of the newsman who interviewed the Whirlwind? 06:37.840 --> 06:39.960 Steve Plank, West Coast. 06:39.960 --> 06:41.240 Edward R. Murrow. 06:41.240 --> 06:42.240 Edward R. Murrow is correct. 06:42.240 --> 06:47.240 Okay, now we have a bonus round coming up, and here's your qualifying question. 06:47.240 --> 06:48.240 Nicholas? 06:48.240 --> 06:53.200 Peter Norton is known for pioneering the PC utility business. 06:53.200 --> 06:54.960 Today he does what? 06:54.960 --> 06:56.280 One, collect art. 06:56.280 --> 06:57.560 Two, climb mountains. 06:57.560 --> 06:59.160 Three, perform a show. 06:59.160 --> 07:00.960 Andy Hertzfeld, West Coast. 07:00.960 --> 07:01.960 Collect art. 07:01.960 --> 07:02.960 That's correct. 07:02.960 --> 07:11.160 Okay, so the West Coast qualifies for this bonus round. 07:11.160 --> 07:15.600 This bonus round is a potpourri of three unrelated questions. 07:15.600 --> 07:21.760 Number one, what book by John Updike features a college professor who contemplates writing 07:21.760 --> 07:28.960 a computer program to prove the existence of God? 07:28.960 --> 07:34.760 What book by John Updike features a college professor who contemplates writing a computer 07:34.760 --> 07:39.000 program to prove the existence of God? 07:39.000 --> 07:40.000 This is a tough one. 07:40.000 --> 07:42.360 Do we have an answer? 07:42.360 --> 07:43.360 Watership Down. 07:43.360 --> 07:44.360 No, I'm sorry. 07:44.360 --> 07:50.280 He may have been as surprised by that as you were. 07:50.280 --> 07:51.840 The answer is Roger's Version. 07:51.840 --> 07:54.920 Okay, part two of your bonus round now. 07:54.920 --> 08:02.240 In the 1970 movie Colossus, The Forbin Project, what Northern California site was used for 08:02.240 --> 08:03.240 the filming? 08:03.240 --> 08:09.920 Was it the Exploratorium, the Lawrence Hall of Science, or the San Rafael Civic Center? 08:09.920 --> 08:12.160 Science. 08:12.160 --> 08:14.960 The answer is Lawrence Hall of Science, that is correct. 08:14.960 --> 08:17.960 So ten points. 08:17.960 --> 08:22.520 Okay, number three in the bonus round. 08:22.520 --> 08:30.480 In 1960, CBS used an IBM 7090 computer to predict the outcome of the presidential race. 08:30.480 --> 08:33.000 Was the computer correct? 08:33.000 --> 08:35.040 No. 08:35.040 --> 08:37.320 No, that is correct. 08:37.320 --> 08:40.560 The computer predicted that Nixon would win. 08:40.560 --> 08:44.160 Okay, Nicholas, our next question please. 08:44.160 --> 08:46.240 The next one is not like the roulette table. 08:46.240 --> 08:47.360 It's not 50-50. 08:47.360 --> 08:48.960 Here we go. 08:48.960 --> 08:54.760 What interactive CD-ROM from Japan takes you on a train ride through a mysterious world 08:54.760 --> 08:55.760 of... 08:55.760 --> 08:56.760 Steve Blank, West Coast. 08:56.760 --> 08:57.760 Gadget. 08:57.760 --> 08:59.760 Gadget is correct for ten points. 08:59.760 --> 09:05.340 We'd like to get a scoring update now to see how our two teams are faring. 09:05.340 --> 09:10.640 So let's find out what we've got for a total score. 09:10.640 --> 09:14.880 Ninety-sixty in favor of the East Coast. 09:14.880 --> 09:15.880 Nicholas. 09:15.880 --> 09:17.040 Okay. 09:17.040 --> 09:21.560 What famous computer personality's email address was printed in the New Yorker in 1994? 09:21.560 --> 09:23.680 Paul Gilliam, East Coast. 09:23.680 --> 09:24.680 Bill Gates. 09:24.680 --> 09:27.440 Bill Gates is correct for ten points. 09:27.440 --> 09:31.200 We've played two rounds so far and now, panelists, if you're ready, Nicholas, would you give 09:31.200 --> 09:32.760 us our next question please? 09:32.760 --> 09:33.760 Okay. 09:33.760 --> 09:34.760 It's a long one. 09:34.760 --> 09:39.680 Two well-known computer personalities, David Packard, Gordon Moore, Paul Allen, and Mitch 09:39.680 --> 09:46.320 Kapoor recently pledged a total of over four million dollars to a non-profit organization, 09:46.320 --> 09:50.400 unfortunately not the Media Lab, called SETI. 09:50.400 --> 09:52.560 What is the purpose of this organization? 09:52.560 --> 09:55.000 Andy Hertzfeld, West Coast. 09:55.000 --> 09:57.560 Search for extraterrestrial intelligence. 09:57.560 --> 09:58.560 Absolutely correct. 09:58.560 --> 09:59.560 Very good. 09:59.560 --> 10:00.560 Ten points. 10:00.560 --> 10:01.560 Okay. 10:01.560 --> 10:02.560 Next. 10:02.560 --> 10:07.920 According to a spoof news release last year, what famous institution was Microsoft rumored 10:07.920 --> 10:08.920 to be purchasing? 10:08.920 --> 10:10.520 Paul Gilliam, East Coast. 10:10.520 --> 10:11.920 The Catholic Church. 10:11.920 --> 10:12.920 That's correct. 10:12.920 --> 10:13.920 Okay. 10:13.920 --> 10:15.880 We're moving right along. 10:15.880 --> 10:19.920 And now, Stuart Shiffey has another question for us. 10:19.920 --> 10:24.320 This is a computer built out of more than 10,000 Tinker Toy parts. 10:24.320 --> 10:30.640 It was built in the late 1970s by Danny Hillis and Brian Silverman of Thinking Machines Corporation. 10:30.640 --> 10:35.120 This Tinker Toy computer was designed to perform one specific task. 10:35.120 --> 10:38.240 The question is, what was the computer built to do? 10:38.240 --> 10:40.680 Paul Gilliam, East Coast. 10:40.680 --> 10:41.680 Tic Tac Toe. 10:41.680 --> 10:42.680 I went too soon. 10:42.680 --> 10:43.680 Play Tic Tac Toe is correct. 10:43.680 --> 10:44.680 Thank you. 10:44.680 --> 10:45.680 Yeah. 10:45.680 --> 10:46.680 Woo! 10:46.680 --> 10:47.680 Okay. 10:47.680 --> 10:48.680 Back to me? 10:48.680 --> 10:49.680 Back to you, Nicholas. 10:49.680 --> 10:50.680 Okay. 10:50.680 --> 10:56.080 Well, one of our judges can really judge this one for sure. 10:56.080 --> 11:00.760 How much did Hewlett Packard pay for Apollo in 1989? 11:00.760 --> 11:04.640 Four million, sorry, 476 million. 11:04.640 --> 11:05.640 I was actually going to let you guess. 11:05.640 --> 11:06.640 Paul Gilliam, East Coast. 11:06.640 --> 11:07.640 About there. 11:07.640 --> 11:08.640 476 million. 11:08.640 --> 11:09.640 That is correct for 10 points. 11:09.640 --> 11:10.640 That's good. 11:10.640 --> 11:11.640 That was good. 11:11.640 --> 11:16.240 Panelists, we have a bonus round coming up. 11:16.240 --> 11:19.720 Nicholas will read your qualifying question. 11:19.720 --> 11:21.040 Listen carefully. 11:21.040 --> 11:22.240 Okay. 11:22.240 --> 11:29.600 What is the Library of Congress two-letter prefix for books dealing with computer science? 11:29.600 --> 11:34.040 Is it QE, CS, or FR? 11:34.040 --> 11:37.400 John Landry, East Coast. 11:37.400 --> 11:38.400 CS. 11:38.400 --> 11:40.000 What was the answer again, please? 11:40.000 --> 11:41.000 CS. 11:41.000 --> 11:42.000 CS is incorrect. 11:42.000 --> 11:43.000 I'm sorry. 11:43.000 --> 11:44.760 The correct answer is QE. 11:44.760 --> 11:49.760 So we will go to another qualifying question for the bonus round. 11:49.760 --> 11:50.760 Nicholas? 11:50.760 --> 11:51.760 Okay. 11:51.760 --> 11:54.120 What is the name for Apple's System 8? 11:54.120 --> 11:57.320 Keith Blank, West Coast. 11:57.320 --> 11:58.320 Copeland. 11:58.320 --> 12:02.880 Copeland is correct for 10 points and you qualify for the bonus round, West Coast. 12:02.880 --> 12:03.880 All right. 12:03.880 --> 12:04.880 Listen carefully. 12:04.880 --> 12:09.560 This three-part bonus round deals with computer statistics, part one. 12:09.560 --> 12:15.860 For 10 points, according to the 1994-95 Computer Industry Almanac, what is the installed base 12:15.860 --> 12:19.200 of mainframe and supercomputers in the world today? 12:19.200 --> 12:20.560 That's the total combination. 12:20.560 --> 12:25.640 Is it 50,000, 500,000, or 5 million? 12:25.640 --> 12:29.880 What is the total number of mainframe and supercomputers in the world today? 12:29.880 --> 12:34.000 Is it 50,000, 500,000, or 5 million? 12:34.000 --> 12:35.000 50,000. 12:35.000 --> 12:37.200 50,000 is correct. 12:37.200 --> 12:39.960 Actually 52,000 for 10 points. 12:39.960 --> 12:40.960 Very good. 12:40.960 --> 12:41.960 All right. 12:41.960 --> 12:42.960 Part two. 12:42.960 --> 12:46.320 What is the installed base of many computers in the world? 12:46.320 --> 12:51.880 Is it 600,000, 6 million, or 60 million? 12:51.880 --> 12:54.480 How many mini computers in the world? 12:54.480 --> 12:57.960 600,000, 6 million, or 60 million? 12:57.960 --> 13:00.880 I would say 600,000. 13:00.880 --> 13:01.880 600,000. 13:01.880 --> 13:04.880 600,000 is not correct. 13:04.880 --> 13:09.040 It is 6 million. 13:09.040 --> 13:11.720 Let's try part three now of this bonus round. 13:11.720 --> 13:15.680 What percent of the world's computers are in the United States? 13:15.680 --> 13:21.880 Is it 43%, 63%, or 83%? 13:21.880 --> 13:25.640 What percent of the world's computers are in the United States? 13:25.640 --> 13:28.640 43%, 63%, or 83%? 13:28.640 --> 13:29.640 63%? 13:29.640 --> 13:30.640 I'm sorry. 13:30.640 --> 13:31.640 No, it's 43%. 13:31.640 --> 13:38.400 But you did get one out of the three correct. 13:38.400 --> 13:43.560 So the score is 130 to 120. 13:43.560 --> 13:48.320 And that's in favor of the East Coast, I believe. 13:48.320 --> 13:49.320 That is correct. 13:49.320 --> 13:51.280 So they're hanging on by a very slim margin. 13:51.280 --> 13:52.960 Nicholas, on to our regular questions. 13:52.960 --> 13:56.360 Okay, it's tight, folks. 13:56.360 --> 14:03.360 Of the top 10 memory chip makers in 1994, only two were U.S. companies. 14:03.360 --> 14:04.360 One was Texas Instruments. 14:04.360 --> 14:05.360 Who was the other? 14:05.360 --> 14:06.880 Three blank, West Coast. 14:06.880 --> 14:07.880 Micron. 14:07.880 --> 14:12.640 Micron is correct for 10 points. 14:12.640 --> 14:17.920 What year did Digital Equipment Corporation ship the first PDP-8 minicomputer? 14:17.920 --> 14:20.720 1965, 66, or 67? 14:20.720 --> 14:23.320 South Park, East Coast. 14:23.320 --> 14:24.320 65. 14:24.320 --> 14:26.600 65 is correct for 10 points. 14:26.600 --> 14:27.600 Very good. 14:27.600 --> 14:32.600 I noticed Gordon was in the audience at the West Coast, so he can confirm that. 14:32.600 --> 14:34.360 Okay, this is a long one, folks. 14:34.360 --> 14:40.640 The Annie Awards, A-N-N-I-E, awards are given each year for the best animated commercials. 14:40.640 --> 14:48.880 In 1994, the animated award went for the first time to a computer-generated animated commercial 14:48.880 --> 14:50.840 for a product. 14:50.840 --> 14:52.600 You have to decide which company. 14:52.600 --> 14:55.200 Dow Chemical, Nike Shoes, or Coca-Cola? 14:55.200 --> 14:57.560 Andy Herzfeld, West Coast. 14:57.560 --> 14:58.560 Coca-Cola. 14:58.560 --> 15:01.160 Coca-Cola, yes, for their animated polar bears. 15:01.160 --> 15:02.160 Very good. 15:02.160 --> 15:09.240 Okay, we're going to end the round now with the East, 140, and the West, 140. 15:09.240 --> 15:11.760 It's all even. 15:11.760 --> 15:16.320 To find out more about this and other PCTV programs, join our Computers on Television 15:16.320 --> 15:17.320 Forum. 15:17.320 --> 15:21.280 Go PCTV, only on CompuServe. 15:21.280 --> 15:28.280 Okay, it's time for the fourth and final round of the Computer Bowl. 15:28.280 --> 15:29.280 Let's begin. 15:29.280 --> 15:31.000 Nicholas, would you start us off? 15:31.000 --> 15:37.240 Okay, Ray Tomelson may not be a household name, but he invented something that most 15:37.240 --> 15:40.280 computers know well. 15:40.280 --> 15:42.400 Which did he invent of the following? 15:42.400 --> 15:48.920 The at sign for email addresses, the hole in the middle of CD-ROMs, or the blinking 15:48.920 --> 15:49.920 cursor? 15:49.920 --> 15:51.960 Paul Jelen, East Coast. 15:51.960 --> 15:52.960 The blinking cursor. 15:52.960 --> 15:54.960 No, I'm sorry, it's the at sign. 15:54.960 --> 15:56.960 It's the hole in the middle of CD-ROMs. 15:56.960 --> 15:57.960 Hole in the middle. 15:57.960 --> 16:00.920 Well, we couldn't stump you with a hole in the middle of the CD-ROM. 16:00.920 --> 16:01.920 That's okay. 16:01.920 --> 16:02.920 Nicholas, next. 16:02.920 --> 16:03.920 It's the at sign. 16:03.920 --> 16:10.200 What brand of computer was used to create the special effects for the movie, for the 16:10.200 --> 16:13.680 three movies, Forrest Gump, The Mask, and The Flintstones? 16:13.680 --> 16:15.600 Steve Black, West Coast. 16:15.600 --> 16:16.600 Silicon Graphics. 16:16.600 --> 16:19.600 Silicon Graphics is absolutely correct for 10 points. 16:19.600 --> 16:22.400 That's unfair, that was written for Steve. 16:22.400 --> 16:28.600 Okay, two as yet unreleased software packages are codenamed after locations on Interstate 16:28.600 --> 16:30.000 57. 16:30.000 --> 16:34.080 What are the cities and software packages? 16:34.080 --> 16:38.840 Joe, House of East Coast. 16:38.840 --> 16:40.320 Cairo and Chicago. 16:40.320 --> 16:45.320 Yes, and the products, please. 16:45.320 --> 16:48.080 Windows NT and Windows 95. 16:48.080 --> 16:50.120 Judges, will we give that? 16:50.120 --> 16:51.760 Yes, we'll give that. 16:51.760 --> 16:53.000 That's close enough. 16:53.000 --> 16:55.240 Yes, it's Windows NT 4.0. 16:55.240 --> 16:58.240 I think that's fairly implicit. 16:58.240 --> 16:59.240 That's very good. 16:59.240 --> 17:00.960 It's Cairo when you're out there, by the way. 17:00.960 --> 17:03.280 We want to make that perfectly clear. 17:03.280 --> 17:06.400 Pay attention. 17:06.400 --> 17:09.000 This is a very long one, okay? 17:09.000 --> 17:10.360 Who said the following? 17:10.360 --> 17:11.680 This is the quote. 17:11.680 --> 17:18.240 The basic idea of associative indexing is a provision whereby any item may be caused 17:18.240 --> 17:22.520 at will to select immediately and automatically another. 17:22.520 --> 17:28.600 Wholly new forms and encyclopedias will appear ready-made with a mesh of associative trails 17:28.600 --> 17:29.600 running through them. 17:29.600 --> 17:31.840 Ready to blank West Coast. 17:31.840 --> 17:32.840 Vannevar Bush. 17:32.840 --> 17:33.840 Very good. 17:33.840 --> 17:34.840 It's Vannevar Bush. 17:34.840 --> 17:40.960 It's a quote from his seminal paper, as we may know, in the Atlantic Monthly in 1945, 17:40.960 --> 17:44.600 where he essentially talked about the concept of hypertext. 17:44.600 --> 17:49.400 Nicholas, let me get a score update because I heard it in my ear. 17:49.400 --> 17:50.400 It didn't quite get. 17:50.400 --> 17:56.600 It's 150 for the East and 170 for the West. 17:56.600 --> 17:57.600 Okay, Nicholas. 17:57.600 --> 18:01.080 So, the dark horse has pulled ahead here. 18:01.080 --> 18:08.520 At the first West Coast computer fair during the 1970s, Apple's co-founder, Steve Wozniak, 18:08.520 --> 18:14.840 played a prank by printing and distributing 20,000 leaflets for a non-existent computer. 18:14.840 --> 18:16.240 Did he call it the? 18:16.240 --> 18:19.000 Andy Ritzfeld, West Coast. 18:19.000 --> 18:20.000 The Zaltair. 18:20.000 --> 18:22.000 That's correct, the Zaltair. 18:22.000 --> 18:23.000 Very good. 18:23.000 --> 18:24.880 You should know, Andy. 18:24.880 --> 18:27.680 It's your last chance to get some more points all at once. 18:27.680 --> 18:29.640 Here's your qualifying question. 18:29.640 --> 18:30.640 Nicholas. 18:30.640 --> 18:31.640 Okay. 18:31.640 --> 18:37.720 This coming February, the computer industry will celebrate the fifth anniversary of what 18:37.720 --> 18:38.720 famous early? 18:38.720 --> 18:39.720 Fifty. 18:39.720 --> 18:40.720 Sorry. 18:40.720 --> 18:41.720 I am very sorry. 18:41.720 --> 18:42.720 Well, I announced I was dyslexic in my book. 18:42.720 --> 18:43.720 Paul Dillon, East Coast. 18:43.720 --> 18:44.720 The 50th. 18:44.720 --> 18:46.480 The Mark I. 18:46.480 --> 18:47.480 I'm sorry. 18:47.480 --> 18:49.040 That's incorrect and you interrupted us. 18:49.040 --> 18:51.040 So, we'll repeat the entire question. 18:51.040 --> 18:54.840 See if I can read it right this time for the other side. 18:54.840 --> 19:01.800 This coming February, the computer industry will celebrate the 50th anniversary of what 19:01.800 --> 19:03.800 famous early computer? 19:03.800 --> 19:04.800 Eniac? 19:04.800 --> 19:08.240 Does anyone want to take a shot? 19:08.240 --> 19:10.240 Okay, so you're blank, West Coast. 19:10.240 --> 19:11.240 Eniac. 19:11.240 --> 19:12.240 Eniac is correct. 19:12.240 --> 19:13.240 Okay. 19:13.240 --> 19:16.560 So, you qualify for the bonus round. 19:16.560 --> 19:20.280 This bonus round is all about code names for software. 19:20.280 --> 19:21.280 Listen carefully. 19:21.280 --> 19:25.840 These are courtesy of Michael Hyman, author of the upcoming book, PC Roadkill. 19:25.840 --> 19:27.680 There's a great title for you. 19:27.680 --> 19:34.720 Number one, for ten points, which of the following is not a theme used for code names of OS2 19:34.720 --> 19:36.080 releases? 19:36.080 --> 19:41.060 Mercedes numbers, boat types, or baseball team names? 19:41.060 --> 19:45.680 Which is not a theme used for code names of OS2 releases? 19:45.680 --> 19:52.640 Mercedes numbers, boat types, or baseball team names? 19:52.640 --> 19:55.120 May we have your answer, please? 19:55.120 --> 19:56.120 Baseball team names. 19:56.120 --> 19:57.120 That's correct. 19:57.120 --> 19:58.120 Baseball team names are not used. 19:58.120 --> 19:59.120 Ten points. 19:59.120 --> 20:00.600 All right, part two. 20:00.600 --> 20:03.000 What was the code name for the Apple III? 20:03.000 --> 20:09.600 Well, no, we just, we're still in a bonus round here, so we're going to be talking to 20:09.600 --> 20:10.600 the team captain. 20:10.600 --> 20:11.600 What was the? 20:11.600 --> 20:12.600 Sarah. 20:12.600 --> 20:13.600 Sarah is correct. 20:13.600 --> 20:14.600 All right. 20:14.600 --> 20:15.880 We're going to give you a bonus round for ten points. 20:15.880 --> 20:18.440 Part three, last part of the bonus round. 20:18.440 --> 20:22.240 What were Go Corporation's code names for PenPoint? 20:22.240 --> 20:24.640 There are two. 20:24.640 --> 20:31.920 What were Go Corporation's code names for PenPoint? 20:31.920 --> 20:32.920 I need an answer. 20:32.920 --> 20:33.920 Go, go, go. 20:33.920 --> 20:38.760 I'm sorry, time is up. 20:38.760 --> 20:44.640 The answer is Amstel and Rolling Rock. 20:44.640 --> 20:46.360 Okay. 20:46.360 --> 20:48.560 I'm told that our time is up. 20:48.560 --> 20:50.760 That is the end of the game. 20:50.760 --> 20:53.760 And the East is 180 and the West is 230. 20:53.760 --> 21:00.960 So the West has won the seventh computer bowl. 21:00.960 --> 21:05.120 Video tape copies of all Computer Chronicle shows are available for $32.50. 21:05.120 --> 21:07.340 Please order by show number and topic. 21:07.340 --> 21:11.240 And for more detailed information about the series, guests, and products featured, you 21:11.240 --> 21:13.960 can also order a subscription to the Chaffee Letter. 21:13.960 --> 21:17.800 In each issue, Stuart provides his unique insights and thoughts about the fast-changing 21:17.800 --> 21:20.360 world of personal technology. 21:20.360 --> 21:26.560 Video tapes and the Chaffee Letter can be ordered by calling 1-800-800-9520 or by writing 21:26.560 --> 21:44.600 us at the Computer Chronicles.